ATUKULA UPMA

Ingredients :

• 2 cups beaten rice (Atukulu)
• 1 potato
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 tomato chopped
• Juice of ½ lemon
• 3 slit green chilis
• 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
• Few curry leaves
• ¼ tsp turmeric powder
• Salt to taste
• 3 tbsp oil
• ½ tsp mustard seeds
• ¼ tsp cumin
• 1 red chili broken into bits.

Method :

Peel and chop potato into thin half inch pieces. Clean flattened rice and sprinkle ½ a cup of water over it and mix. Keep it aside. Heat oil in a wok and prepare the seasoning. Add chopped potatoes and fry for 1 minute. Add onions, slit green chilis, curry leaves and fry till onions turn pink in color. Add salt, turmeric powder and mix. Add the beaten rice and mix well. Cover the wok and cook on a low flame till the contents become hot. Add lemon juice and coriander leaves. It is best eaten hot.

Variations :

Add 10-12 cashew nuts in the seasoning towards the end. Boiled and diced potato can be used. Grated carrot and shelled peas can be fried along with potatoes Can be prepared without onions. Add freshly grated coconut. Do not add turmeric powder and lemon juice. Add a few raisins. Add a few fried peanuts with either the potato combination or the coconut.